The company announced on its Facebook page that it plans to “break bread” and “bless” the new space, called Avalon City Ovens, with music, food and a “couple hundred close friends” from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the new facility.

The bread-breaking marks the culmination of a $2.2 million expansion into the empty warehouse, which now houses a large artisan deck shipped in from Italy.

The expansion is being funded by a loan, closed in October, that included support from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Invest Detroit, Whole Foods, the U.S Small Business Administration and Main Street Bank.

Avalon International Breads’ Midtown retail shop is at 422 W. Willis St.